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Monday, March 17, 2014

The Ides of March are certainly providing a lot
of market Volatility, partially due to all the revolting people around the
globe; the NASD to NYSE Volume ratio ( speculation)
made an all time high; but the CBOE put/call ratio yanked up 15 % points, a
contrarily Bullish sign - more puts traded. The VIX leapt up from 14 to 17,
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Here are the numbers:

Date>

3/14/2014

3/7/2014

Indices:

DJIA

16065

16452

NAZ

4245

4336nh

SPX

1841

1878nh

WklyVolume (Bshs).

naz/ny

11.2/3.3

11.0/3.6

Specul.Ratio
hi=bullish

3.39nh

3.06

Sentiment:

put/call-CBOE

67

52

VIX>50-alltmlow=8.8

17.8

14.1

Advance/Dec-NYSE..

1196/2006

1864/1344

Weekly Net:

-810

520

Cumulative:

156859

157669

Weekly

NYSE hi/low

240/90

512/35

New Hi's/Low's

Nasdaq h/l

293/57

500/46

McClellan

Oscillator

-29

10

McClellanSum

.+750/-1000

938

1050

Newsletter

Inv.Intel -Bull:tues

55.1

54.6

Surveys

Bear:-5yrs

17.4

15.1

AAII -Bull :wed.

41.3

40.5

Bear

26.8

26.6

COT:SPX w/w

large/small (net)k

3k/(31k)

COT:gold comm.hedg

long-short.000

(125k)nh

(121k)

CEOinsider

selling

76:1

40:1

off.&bd b/s.vs.

10% holder b/s

150:60

160:50

3-box rev

Bullish%-

75

75

US equity -ICI

Fund Flows

WeekDelay

1.9B

MMF flows

Change in $B

(2B)

(4B)

MargDebt- top (300M)

monthly

ETF:mthlyEqty/

Int'l/Bond-$B

2-yr
Tsy Yield: Inflation

0.35%

0.37%

InsiderTotal:

1265k/32k

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